{"id":5383,"date":"2025-10-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/?p=5383"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:37:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:37:27","slug":"learning-by-doing-by-svenja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/meet-volunteers\/learning-by-doing-by-svenja\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLearning by doing\u201d \u2013 by Svenja"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Hi, I am Svenja, an 18-year-old girl from Dresden, Germany. I love doing everything connected to being creative, no matter if it\u2019s sewing, crocheting, painting, or just trying out the newest DIY trend online.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though I don\u2019t have much experience with going abroad, working with children, or even living on my own, I\u2019m known for exploring new things \u2014 even if it means taking the risk of failing&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/svenjaphoto1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5394 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/svenjaphoto1-1.jpeg 290w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/svenjaphoto1-1-120x79.jpeg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>In this way, I\u2019ve already traveled 8 hours by train just to spend barely a day in a small city with nothing to do, or gone to a concert where the average age was far above 50. But at the same time, I got to know cool new people and discovered music at a small festival I had never heard of, with bands I had never seen before. So all I can say is&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Even if something seems new and scary, it\u2019s worth trying \u2014 because those are the moments you\u2019ll remember the most.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-22-at-12.28.31-1-960x1280.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-22-at-12.28.31-1-960x1280.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-22-at-12.28.31-1-595x793.jpeg 595w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-22-at-12.28.31-1-120x160.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-22-at-12.28.31-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-22-at-12.28.31-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-22-at-12.28.31-1-1140x1520.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-22-at-12.28.31-1-552x736.jpeg 552w, https:\/\/ib-polska.pl\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-22-at-12.28.31-1.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back at home, I finished school just this year, and while most of my friends continued their education at university, I always knew that I didn\u2019t want to simply go from one classroom to the next. I always knew I wanted to explore, but also challenge myself, before I spent even more years behind a school desk. Even if I wasn\u2019t fully convinced about my own plan in the beginning, right now, I don\u2019t regret anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Article by Svenja<\/strong>, <br><em>European Solidarity Corps Volunteer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Welcoming article for European Solidarity Corps volunteers\u00a0<\/em>from\u00a0<strong>10\/10\/2025<\/strong><em><br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">Hi, I am Svenja, an 18-year-old girl from Dresden, Germany. 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